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Ada Maxine “Maxie” RobertsAge: 93 years19232016

Name
Ada Maxine “Maxie” Roberts
Given names
Ada Maxine
Surname
Roberts
Nickname
Maxie
Married name
Ada Maxine Briggs
Birth February 7, 1923 30 25
Death of a motherHazel Balcom
December 2, 1924 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a paternal grandfatherMichael Alexander Roberts
August 27, 1937 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAda Frost
April 17, 1942 (Age 19 years)
MarriageCarlyle Wilkie “Lyle” BriggsView this family
about 1943 (Age 19 years)

Marriage of a parentFrank Wayne RobertsMary Helen KimbelView this family
July 11, 1945 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a fatherFrank Wayne Roberts
November 16, 1977 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterFrances Hazel Virginia Roberts
August 3, 1994 (Age 71 years)
Death November 20, 2016 (Age 93 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Hazel Balcom
Birth: April 9, 1897Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
Death: December 2, 1924Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: August 21, 1920Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
6 months
elder sister
Frances Hazel Virginia Roberts
Birth: February 26, 1921 28 23Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: August 3, 1994Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
23 months
herself
Ada Maxine “Maxie” Roberts
Birth: February 7, 1923 30 25Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: November 20, 2016Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Father’s family with Mary Helen Kimbel - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Helen Kimbel
Birth: October 27, 1902Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Death: June 26, 1960Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: July 11, 1945Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Family with Carlyle Wilkie “Lyle” Briggs - View this family
husband
Carlyle Wilkie “Lyle” Briggs
Birth: July 1, 1922Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: November 15, 2020Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
herself
Ada Maxine “Maxie” Roberts
Birth: February 7, 1923 30 25Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: November 20, 2016Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Marriage: about 1943

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